@tipsfromkatee @SamoBurja *tries to think of a virtue ethic that isn't defined in terms of habits of action*
*fails*
@KarmaKaiser @SamoBurja consequentialism just means "do things that have good consequences by some standard", nothing more
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@tipsfromkatee@SamoBurja It doesn't even need the concept of maximizing value? -
@KarmaKaiser@SamoBurja sure, "good consequences" implies maximising value
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@tipsfromkatee@SamoBurja Does consequential have room for the idea of a necessary evil then? -
@KarmaKaiser@SamoBurja in the sense of "doing this has net good consequences although it'd be even better if i didn't have to", yes
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